555 Medicinal Plants: Field Guide and Laboratory Manual
Authors : Farooq, S.
ISBN : 81-7089-322-4
Published Year : 2005
Pages : pp.xxiv + 530 and 67 colour plate
Rs.2,500.00
Price includes all taxes.
What is this book all about? Briefly mentioning it gives comprehensive profiles of medicinal plants, detailing the scientific information with advance methods of identification including macroscopic and microscopic detail, their chemical analysis with modern analytical instrumentation methods like spectrophotometric and chromatographic methods TLC, HPTLC, GLC, and HPLC.
Additionally the book gives details of nomenclature, habitat, besides Pharmacognostic studies data, Pharmacology of major chemical constituents and their chemical structures with color photographs of detailed descriptive plants. Therapeutic profile along with their recommended dosage.
Microbiological studies including determination of surface microbial contaminants of few plants with evaluation of antimicrobial activity of 50 plants plus detailed and latest information on Garlic, Aloe Vera, Rauwolfia serpentina and Cannabis etc. The book also has moderate description and short description of 111 & 394 plants respectively. The book will be of immense use to medical practitioners, botanical gardens, growers of herbal plants as also in Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology photochemical laboratories and it will also be a handy general knowledge book on medicinal plants.
Additionally the book gives details of nomenclature, habitat, besides Pharmacognostic studies data, Pharmacology of major chemical constituents and their chemical structures with color photographs of detailed descriptive plants. Therapeutic profile along with their recommended dosage.
Microbiological studies including determination of surface microbial contaminants of few plants with evaluation of antimicrobial activity of 50 plants plus detailed and latest information on Garlic, Aloe Vera, Rauwolfia serpentina and Cannabis etc. The book also has moderate description and short description of 111 & 394 plants respectively. The book will be of immense use to medical practitioners, botanical gardens, growers of herbal plants as also in Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology photochemical laboratories and it will also be a handy general knowledge book on medicinal plants.
